My Bundoora street is near the Banyule edge. Who clears trees off the power lines?

Banyule says parts of Bundoora sit outside its declared area, and there council isn't the responsible authority for clearing around overhead lines. For a street tree on a line, call the network on your bill: AusNet or Jemena.

Which permit page should I read for Bundoora?

If you're in Banyule, the Banyule permit page. If you're in Darebin, the Darebin permit page. Whittlesea doesn't have its own page here yet, so start with the Victorian rules.

Can a dead River Red Gum just be taken down?

Not without checking. Victoria's native vegetation rules can cover dead trees too, especially a standing dead tree with a trunk 40 centimetres or more across. Talk to the council before any work.

Tree removal Bundoora: three councils, three sets of rules

Tree removal permits in Bundoora

	Banyule	Darebin	Whittlesea
Main tool	Tree protection overlays across its residential areas, plus the ESO4 significant tree schedule	Tree Protection Local Law 2019 for significant trees	Clause 52.37 canopy trees, plus a River Red Gum policy in the planning scheme
What's caught	Depends on the overlay schedule, and any listed tree within its canopy plus 5 metres	Taller than 8 metres with a trunk over 100cm around at 1.5m	At least 5 metres tall with a 4 metre canopy, near the front or rear boundary
Report asked for	4 or more trees, a listed tree, or development	Matched to the reason: health, risk, damage	Health or stability, from a level 5 arborist

Tree removal in Bundoora: what's local

Between two waterways

Darebin Creek forms the western edge and the Plenty River the eastern one, about 15 km north-east of the city.

Red gum country

Almost every Bundoora entry in Banyule's significant tree schedule is a River Red Gum, and Whittlesea gives red gums extra protection on its side. Whittlesea estimates many of its red gums are 200 to 500 years old.

Big public grounds

Bundoora Park covers 180 hectares and takes in Mount Cooper, 137.3 metres high. La Trobe University occupies about 200 hectares, and former hospital and repatriation land was redeveloped for housing in the mid-1990s.

Two networks

AusNet's Watsonia and Thomastown zone substations both supply Bundoora, and both also serve Jemena customers. Check your bill to see whether to call AusNet or Jemena.

Hiring an arborist in Bundoora

Check the council on your rates notice, then use the right column above. If the tree is a big River Red Gum, assume it's protected on any side of the suburb and ring that council before anyone quotes. A good arborist can tell you the species on the first visit, which settles a lot of the questions.

Tree removal in Bundoora